Manager Buck Showalter has been impressed, but did say he'll remain in the bullpen for now. 

"He was impressive again yesterday," Showalter said of McFarland, who threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Chris Tillman Sunday. "I'm real proud of our scouting department. So far, so good with him. He's a guy we've thought about starting, too, but right now it's Freddy and Jair."

Escobar is batting .313 (15 for 48) with two home runs, five doubles, 10 RBI and 10 runs in his last 13 games. Escobar is batting .303 in his last 22 games, lifting his average from .119 to .222.

Kirkman has a 6.11 ERA and blew a save his last time out Sunday against Detroit. That said, he hasn't allowed an earned run in four straight appearances. He has 21 Ks over 17 2/3 innings. 

He allowed four runners to reach base and gave up a two-run homer to Yunel Escobar in a 7-5 win for Toronto. Janssen was charged with two runs on three hits and one walk, while striking out one.

It was just the second time in 14 outings Janssen allowed a run this season. His ERA jumped from 0.69 to 1.93.

As our Nando Di Fino put it during Monday’s broadcast of Fantasy Baseball Today, “one takes a step back, the other one takes two steps back.” Scott White said League has a bit longer of a leash now, but that he’d still rather own Jansen.

Dickey has won two straight starts and hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in his last three starts. 

After the game, Dickey had an ice pack on his right knee, but he downplayed the significance. 

"I just like the way that ice feels on my skin," Dickey said, per the National Post.

Odorizzi, who made two starts for the Royals last season, got off to a rough start. He allowed two runs in the first inning and another run in the second inning. However, he settled down to toss three straight scoreless innings before turning the game over to the bullpen.

Odorizzi is expected to remain in the rotation while David Price is on the disabled list. Unless they skip his next start because of Thursday's off-day, then Odorizzi should be back on the hill Sunday against the Yankees.

Perez entered the game in the top of the ninth in a 6-all tie. Unfortunately, it didn't stay tied for long as Endy Chavez clubbed a 0-1 pitch over the right-field wall for a home run to lead off the inning. Perez walked two more batters in the inning, but limited the damage to one run. He struck out two in the ninth and has recorded at least one strikeout in all 16 appearances this season.

Kazmir, who struck out two, got off to a rocky start as Seattle scored twice in the first inning. Cleveland surged to a 4-2 lead in the second inning, but it was short lived as Kazmir allowed Seattle to tie the game in the third inning. Cleveland took another lead in the bottom of the inning only for Kazmir to let Seattle tie it up again in the top of the fourth.

The left-hander has allowed at least four runs in three of his six starts. His ERA climbed from 5.33 to 6.35 Monday. His next scheduled start is for Saturday at Boston.